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Firefox to start blocking ad-tracking by default
Mozilla has announced plans to tweak Firefox’s privacy controls so that advertising trackers will be blocked by default.
Firefox axes add-ons, developer pushes back
Mozilla has wiped 23 extensions from its directory of Firefox browser add-ons after finding what it says were inappropriate functions in the code.
Adblocking and browser privacy can be bypassed, researchers find
Virtually every desktop browser and adblocker can have its ad-tracking privacy or security bypassed by at least one software technique, a new study has found.
Mozilla faces resistance over DNS privacy test
Is Mozilla’s enthusiasm for DNS-over-HTTPS getting out of hand?
Microsoft Edge adds WebAuthn as passwords near the end
Microsoft’s Edge browser has finally joined Mozilla Firefox and Google’s Chrome in supporting a working version of the emerging WebAuthn.
Mozilla still working on Firefox’s site isolation security revamp
Mozilla’s Firefox browser doesn’t have site isolation security yet, but plans to enable it are in the works.
Chrome and Firefox pull history-stealing browser extension
An extension used by about two million people has been pulled by Chrome and Firefox after it was found exfiltrating browsing data.
Brave adds Tor to reinvent anonymous browsing
The Brave privacy browser has added another feature to bolster its blossoming anti-surveillance credentials – the ability to use the Tor anonymity system by launching a tab.
Mozilla tests new Firefox Privacy Monitor tool
Mozilla’s enthusiasm for Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? service has cranked up a level with the news it plans to integrate its breach checking into a new tool called Privacy Monitor.